RANCHI, India, Sept. 24 -- Jharkhand High Court issued the following order on Aug. 25:

I.A. No. 10560 of 2025

Heard the learned counsel for the respective parties.

This application has been preferred by the appellant for condoning a delay of 16 days in filing the appeal.

Having been satisfied with the reasons assigned in this application, the delay of 16 days which had occurred in filing this appeal is condoned and this I.A. is allowed and disposed of.

Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 948 of 2025

Heard the learned counsel for the respective sides.

This appeal is directed against the order dated 09.06.2025 passed in M.C.A. No. 460 of 2025 arising out of Mihijam P.S. Case No. 64/2022 by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Jamtara, whereby and whereunder, the prayer for bail of the appellant has been rejected.

It has been alleged that a Tata Spacio Gold vehicle was intercepted by the police and on search of the vehicle huge quantity of explosive substance were recovered.

Submission has been advanced by the learned senior counsel for the appellant that the appellant has been shown to be the owner of the vehicle, but the facts remains that in course of investigation it has come to light that the owner was one Rajan Kumar Paswan who had subsequently sold the vehicle and the appellant has acted as a commission agent in the sale of vehicle. It has been submitted that the appellant is in custody since 05.05.2025 and one of the co-accused Naved Akhtar @ Nawed Akhter was earlier granted bail by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 1084 of 2022 and subsequent thereto he has been acquitted by the learned trial court. Learned counsel submits that the appellant has been implicated only on the basis of suspicion that he is the owner of the vehicle in question.

Learned PP has opposed the prayer for bail of the appellant.

On consideration of the manner of implication of the appellant and the fact that in course of investigation it seems that the appellant has been found to be a commission agent with respect the sale of the vehicle of Rajan Kumar Paswan from which huge quantity of explosive substances were recovered, we while setting aside the order dated 09.06.2025 passed in M.C.A. No. 460 of 2025 arising out of Mihijam P.S. Case No. 64/2022 by the learned Principal Sessions Judge, Jamtara, direct that the appellant be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Principal Sessions Judge, Jamtara in connection with Mihijam P.S. Case No. 64/2022.

This appeal is allowed.

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